Cutthroat Peak

This photo was taken Thanksgiving Day. We had some responsibilities to take care of in the morning and left home about 1:00pm for eastern Washington. We knew we would miss Thanksgiving Day dinner with family anyway and so we decided to take the North Cascades Highway across the mountains, since the pass was still open, rather unusual for this time of the year. By the time we got into the mountains, however, the sun was setting, and though we managed to get some pictures, this being one of them, we traveled the rest of the way in the dark. We had hoped to stop for dinner along the way at a restaurant, but nothing was open on the holiday and Thanksgiving dinner turned out to be some burritos and fried chicken at a gas station. Anyway, this is Cutthroat Peak, just west of Washington Pass in the last light of the day. We must have been nearly the last to get through the pass, too, because it closed the next day for the rest of the winter. There are more pictures from the trip at the link below.